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Buteo (hawk)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Buteo de Lacepède
1828Archibuteo Brehm
1930Buteo Hay p. 315
1930Archibuteo Hay p. 316
1933Buteo Lambrecht p. 415
1935Buteo Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Buteo Wetmore p. 35
1953Buteo Galbreath p. 40
1956Buteo Wetmore p. 41
1962Buteo Wetmore p. 7
1988Buteo Carroll
1989Buteo Alcover p. 98
1990Buteo Bickart p. 40
2001Buteo Olson and Rasmussen p. 297
2002Buteo Mlikovsky p. 192
2017Buteo Clements et al.
2023Buteo Tambussi et al. p. 275

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeode Lacepède 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Buteo de Lacepède 1799 [hawk]
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Subg. †Buteo (Triorchis) Kaup 1829
Buteo ales Wetmore 1926
Buteo antecursor Wetmore 1933
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub 1860 [Madagascar buzzard]
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 [common buzzard]
Buteo conterminus Wetmore 1923
Buteo contortus Wetmore 1923
Buteo dananus Marsh 1871
Buteo dondasi Degrange et al. 2021
Buteo fluviaticus Miller and Sibley 1942
Buteo fuscescens Viellot 1819
Buteo grangeri Wetmore and Case 1934
Buteo hoffstetteri Campbell 1976
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
Buteo jamaicensis borealis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan 1763 [rough-legged hawk]
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 [red-shouldered hawk]
Buteo nitidus Latham 1790 [gray-lined hawk]
Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 [broad-winged hawk]
Buteo pusillus Ballmann 1969
Buteo quadratus Wetmore 1937 [Bahama red-shouldered hawk]
Buteo regalis Gray 1844 [ferruginous hawk]
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Invalid names: Falco ferrugineus Lichtenstein 1836 [replaced]
Buteo rufinus Cretzschmar 1826 [long-legged buzzard]
Buteo solitarius Peale 1848 [Hawaiian hawk]
Buteo spassovi Boev 1998
Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte 1838 [Swainson's hawk]
Buteo typhoius Wetmore 1923
Invalid names: Archibuteo Brehm 1828 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available